John Ramsay (and his Italian diary) [ Travel / Art and Literature / Diaries & Letters ]
… the discussions at these dinner parties. He did, however, indicate on several occasions that the guests brought British newspapers, pamphlets and works of ancient literature, which suggests that the conversations were partly about political news or about questions related to ancient civilisation, a subject then at the heart of cultural and artistic debates. …
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